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Know someone hard to shop for? Are you sick of looking for something they'll actually like? Why not try something sure to confuse them instead? These strange goodies will be great ways to throw off the preconcieved gift ideas people already expect from you.

It isn't that hard to imagine music coming from shoes, but there is usually a person wearing the shoes and using the shoes to make the music. Still an innovative person, Ingrid Bachmann, created the Symphony For 54 Shoes out of 27 pairs of recycled shoes.

It's about time the sun is getting back some of its due; it was the
original source of light and power you know. Now, a few zillion years
after it arrived, we're wooing the sun back again. Loving my solar
powered radio headset, I'm thinking how neat it would be to start
switching to other portable solar powered systems like the eMotion
EM-Sol2GIG Solar Powered MP3/Video Portable Media Player with Solar
Battery Charger and SD Card Slot. (Whew! Am I the only one bothered by
these long-winded product names?)

My colleagues and I here at InventorSpot.com have been writing about
ways to recycle water bottles for years, but there's a company that doesn't
believe that recycling water bottles, whether we make lamps out of them
or put them in recycling bins, is the answer for the future. So this
international design company, Brandimage, has invented the 360 Paper
Water Bottle. Now all it needs are water bottling companies ready and
willing to use it.

Wondering if your small business will survive the current economic turbulence? Is your heart sinking everytime you hear more bad news? Face it, the prosperity bubble has burst and it is a difficult time to get credit. Here are some money saving tips to help you weather the storm.

Every year, China launches thousands of rockets and artillery shells into the sky in a duel without end against the powers that be, otherwise known as the weather. Read on if you dare, but not without knowing the precise location of your umbrella.

Kids ages 5 to 19 can stop playing Elf Bowling and start working on their own online game. A new contest gives kids the chance to submit their idea for the online game of the century to a major game developer-and possibly earn huge cash.

I consider myself reasonably intelligent and well-educated. But I had no idea what an Advent Calendar was. And when Lego started producing an Advent Calendar set, I had to dig in and do some research. Let's just say that my tiny brain can't quite wrap around the concept...

Patent#Des 376,811, also known as Fake Sideburns for Sunglasses would appear to be a distant relative of the Groucho Marx masks that were so popular many years ago. These sideburns, however, are designed for the inner Elvis that resides within some of us even if the outer Elvis left the building three decades ago.

Losing weight can be tough. There are so many different diets out there that it’s hard to choose when you’re ready to take on the challenge. However, a new study says that people are more motivated to lose weight when money is involved.

Glassdoor.com plays into the trend of transparency tyranny
by allowing people to look through the office doors of major organizations and
see what it's really like to work there. Employers can setup their own accounts
to encourage their current staff members to provide their ratings and opinions;
all under the veil of anonymity.

Surveys are coming out right and left these days, as retailers try to find out exactly what
people will buy when they really shouldn't be buying anything at all.
And don't think the pet industry has been asleep at the wheel. The
American Kennel Club (AKC), the purveyor of the well-bred dog, released data from its survey yesterday.

After tracking 516 men and women ages 70 and over over a six-year
period, the results of the Berlin Aging Study will soon be published in
the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science. The study was
conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin
and the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

The best talent
scouts have a special instinct that tells them if a new band has the stuff to
make it big - and make the record label money. Now, researchers have developed
a software program that uses data from search queries on peer-to-peer
file-sharing networks to predict which new artists will have hit songs.

While most people are focused on cleaner burning cars, there are a few
who are more interested in cleaning up the skies. Randall Fisherman is
one such person, and he designed what could be the first all electric
fully powered airplane.

US patent #5421089 also known in polite circles as the Alarm Fork is reminiscent of a ride along a busy highway. You stop for a light and proceed when it changes to another color. The alarm fork works the same way, creating a dictatorship and rule by the minority over the desires of the majority to eat whenever one desires. Read on, but watch that alarm. You may miss your chance for another bite!

I'm starting to get a complex. There now exists a robt that can dance better than I can. Well... to be fair, a half-eaten bag of Doritos can dance better than me. But I have to say this: Move over John Travolta! This robot owns the dance floor!

In China, for the last two years, breeding experts have claimed success putting giant pandas in the mood by showing them images of other pandas mating. To those who may claim this is “panda porn” you are absolutely right. Read all about the newest concept in online dating for rare species of zoo animals!

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